People on The Move in Kalamazoo -- Sept. 10, 2015

KALAMAZOO, MI -- People on The Move announces the new title or working role of local people moving from one paid position to another.

That includes lateral moves, promotions, new hires or people taking on significant new work assignments.

Among those making moves recently were:

EDUCATION

-Joseph Barth has been promoted at Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo to data, tracking and quality coordinator. Barth is a Kalamazoo native who has a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Kalamazoo College. He was previously a youth development worker in the Communities In Schools' Think Summer program and a substitute teacher in the Kalamazoo Public Schools. Communities In Schools is a nonprofit organization that works in KPS to ensure that youngsters stay in school, graduate and are prepared for life.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

-Shannon Kelly has joined the Portage office of OsborneKlein, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services Inc., as a client service coordinator. Kelly is a recent graduate of Western Michigan University. She has a degree in Organizational Communication. Leon F. Dershem has joined the Battle Creek office of OsborneKlein as a client service specialist. Dershem was previously employed by Ameriprise Financial Advisors as a senior compliance examiner. He works from firm's office at 928 W. Columbia Ave. Ste. C in Battle Creek. The Portage office is at 7130 S. Westnedge Ave.

HEALTH CARE

-Dr. Pamela Baron has joined Bronson HealthCare Midwest Urology. Baron is board eligible in urology and was most recently employed at Stony Brook Medical Center in Stony Brook, N.Y. She has a medical degree from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Ill., and completed her urology and general surgery residencies at Stony Brook University Medical Center. She has a special interest in female urology, stone disease, minimally invasive procedures, urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction.

-Dr. Megan Sikkema has joined Bronson Rambling Road Pediatrics Portage and Bronson Pediatric Referral Service. Sikkema is board eligible in pediatrics and received her medical degree from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in East Lansing. She completed her pediatric residency at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine in Kalamazoo. She has special interests in general pediatrics, early childhood development, preventive medicine and pediatric hospital medicine.

REAL ESTATE

-John M. Wilson has joined the Kalamazoo Office of Jaqua Realtors as a Realtor. Wilson was a military police officer in the United States Air Force for the past 15 years. The Portage resident has a background in communications applications technology, with training as an electronic security specialist in the USAF. Tom DeWard joins Jaqua as a Realtor specializing in buying or selling residential properties and investment properties. DeWard has a background in sales, landscaping and construction. The lifelong Kalamazoo resident has a bachelor's degree in sales and business marketing from Western Michigan University.

-Tania Kazanjian has joined Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Michigan Real Estate as a Realtor. Kazanjian is a longtime educator who has worked in several school districts in Kalamazoo County. She has been a resident of Southwest Michigan for nearly 30 years and has a master's degree from Western Michigan University.

To get moving

People on The Move announces the new title or working role of individuals moving from one paid position to another. Items should include the proper name of that person(s) and his or her new title. We also want to mention the position or job the individual most recently held.

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